Makes less bright
The crossword clue "Makes less bright" is answered by DIMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIMS answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DIMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIMS, most used first.
- Darkens - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns down - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Lowers, as lights - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Grows faint - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Lowers, as a light - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Lowers - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Becomes faint - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Fades - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Gets darker - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Makes a choice - OPTS, used 264 times
- Makes a mistake - ERRS, used 219 times
- "That makes sense" - ISEE, used 132 times
- Makes lace - TATS, used 125 times
- Makes mistakes - ERRS, used 98 times
- "Makes sense" - ISEE, used 79 times
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